Kirin ga Kuru

Kirin ga Kuru

Details

• Title: 麒麟がくる
• Title (romaji): Kirin ga Kuru
• Also known as: Awaiting Kirin
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 44
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2020-Jan-19 to 2021-Feb-07
• Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

It deals with the real-life story of Akechi Mitsuhide (Hasegawa Hiroki), an honorable samurai, and a strategic general during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan, it will chronicle Mitsuhide Akechi's rebellion against Oda Nobunaga, in 1582 which later ignited the well documented and known Battle of Yamazaki.

Cast

Akechi Family

• Hasegawa Hiroki as Akechi Mitsuhide
  • Igarashi Hinata as young Mitsuhide
• Nishimura Masahiko as Akechi Mitsuyasu (Mitsuhide's uncle)
• Ishikawa Sayuri (石川さゆり) as Maki (Mitsuhide's mother)
• Mamiya Shotaro as Akechi Samanosuke (Mitsuyasu's son)
• Kimura Fumino as Hiroko (Mitsuhide's wife)
  • Furukawa Rin as young Hiroko

People around Akechi Family

• Tokushige Satoshi as Fujita Dengo
• Suzuki Shinji (鈴木信二) as Yohachi
• Ueki Shohei as Sasuke
• Ogoshi Chiharu (生越千晴) as Tsune
• Mizuno Tomonori as Kisuke
• Suga Takamasa as Saito Toshimitsu

Saito Family

• Motoki Masahiro as Saito Dosan
• Kataoka Kyoko (片岡京子) as Ominokata (Dosan's first wife)
• Minami Kaho as Miyoshino (Dosan's second wife)
• Ito Hideaki as Saito Takamasa (Dosan's eldest son)
• Hasegawa Jun as Saito Magoshiro (Dosan's younger son)
• Inukai Naoki as Saito Kiheiji (Dosan's youngest son)

Mino's Samurai

• Murata Takehiro as Inaba Yoshimichi
• Haruta Junichi as Nagai Hidemoto
• Yamamoto Kouki (山本浩貴) as Hineno Bicchunokami

Toki Family

• Yano Masato as Toki Yorizumi
• Omi Toshinori as Toki Yorinori

Other people at Mino

• Arifuku Masashi as Nichiun
• Uda Takaki as Yahei

Oda Family

• Sometani Shota as Oda Nobunaga
• Kawaguchi Haruna as Kicho (Nobunaga's wife)
• Takahashi Katsunori as Oda Nobuhide (Nobunaga's father)
• Dan Rei as Dotagozen (Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother)
• Kimura Ryo as Oda Nobukatsu (Nobunaga's younger brother)
• Sano Yasuomi as Oda Nobuhiro (Nobunaga's half-brother)
• Seike Riichi as Oda Nobuyasu (Nobuhide's younger brother)
• Kinoshita Houka as Oda Nobumitsu (Nobuhide's youngest brother)

People around Oda Family

• Uesugi Shozo as Hirate Masahide
• Irie Jingi as Maeda Toshiie
• Suga Yusuke as Sassa Narimasa
• Ando Masanobu as Shibata Katsu
• Matsuda Kenji as Niwa Nagahide
• Nozoe Yoshihiro as Ietada Chujo
• Itagaki Mizuki as Mori Ranmaru
• Hamada Gaku as Kuroda Kanbei

Ashikaga Shogunate

• Mukai Osamu as Ashikaga Yoshiteru
• Tanihara Shosuke as Mitsubuchi Fujihide
• Mashima Hidekazu as Hosokawa Fujitaka
• Honda Daisuke as Mikami
• Nihashi Shinichi (二橋進一) as Sadakage Shiro

Hosokawa Kanreike

• Yoshida Kotaro as Matsunaga Hisahide
• Yamaji Kazuhiro as Miyoshi Nagayoshi
• Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Hosokawa Harumoto

Imagawa Family

• Kataoka Ainosuke as Imagawa Yoshimoto
• Ibuki Goro as Imagawa Sessai

Matsudaira Family

• Kazama Shunsuke as Matsudaira Takechiyo
  • Ikeda Yuto as young Takechiyo
  • Iwata Ryusei as child Takechiyo
• Asari Yosuke as Matsudaira Hirodata (Takechiyo's father)
• Matsumoto Wakana as Odainokata (Takechiyo's mother)
• Yokota Eiji as Mizuno Nobumoto (Odainokata's elder brother)
• Ono Yuriko Lady Tsukiyama

Asakura clan

• Yusuke Santamaria as Asakura Yoshikage
• Enoki Takaaki as Yamazaki Yoshiie
• Tezuka Toru as Asakura Kageaki

People around Mitsuhide

• Kadowaki Mugi as Koma
  • Tanaka Noa as young Koma
• Sakai Masaaki as Mochizuki Toan
• Okamura Takashi (岡村隆史) as Kikumaru
• Ono Machiko as Irohadayu

Others

• Otsuka Akio (大塚明夫) as Sojiro
• Mikami Ichiro (三上市朗) as Tsuruhira
• Sasaki Kuranosuke as Tokichiro
• Takito Kenichi as Ahikaga Yoshiaki
• Ichinose Hayate as Ashikaga Yoshihide
• Ozeki Shinji as Akechi Mitsutsuna
• Suruga Taro as Tsutsui Junkei
• Yoshida Goro (ep9)
• Ichikawa Ebizo as narrator

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Ikehata Shunsaku (池端俊策), Maekawa Yoichi
• Executive Producer: Ochiai Sho (落合将)
• Director: Ohara Taku (大原拓)
• Music: John Graham

Recognitions

• 29th Hashida Awards (2021): Hashida Awards - Hasegawa Hiroki, Ikehata Shunsaku (池端俊策)
• 24th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2020): Best Actor - Hasegawa Hiroki
• 24th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2020): Best Supporting Actor - Sometani Shota

Notes

• The filming of Kirin ga Kuru was suspended due to COVID-19 on April 1st, and will be resumed on June 30th.
• Broadcast is on hold from episode 21 onward (updated 2020-Jun-07).

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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